CORRESPONDENCE

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 September 1913, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE

[Our correspondents' opinions are _ their own: the responsibility - of editorial ones makes sufficient ballast for the editor's shoulders.] i> HOME SEPARATION OF '- CREAM, d (To the Editor.) Sir, J had two copies of The t Horowhenua Chronicle placed in - my hands dealing wjtn the above - subject. The article was a leader writ leu by the editor on the above I, subject. Ji is a matter which . cannot have too much publicity, as . few people realise the seriousness 1 0. ,, the i|Uesiion, once it becomes ( . universal. We arc living in an ( age. of unrest and seliishness: that 1 being' so, it is an easy mailer for r a gifted canvasser to prove to the guileless fanner the great benefit [) he would derive from his herd by - installing a home separator ■ not i going , into the question of quality. t > It is a matter of impossibilty for a . farmer (an amateur) lo produce i an article equal lo that of a factory s manager (a professional), who has / al! the conveniences and iniprove- - inents that skill ami science can s produce. That being so. where - will the gain be from home sepaation to those who are in measure--1 able distance of a creamery or faci lory!- . We have no need (o go to . Montreal for proof. We have (he I same conditions practically al our I own doors. What with dirty L milking machines and home sepa- < ration we will be able lo make an . article equal to (hat made in \'erf niont which is not jit for con- . sumption. A few years ago I < visited a farm not a hundred miles > from Kimberley Road ' where a • home separator was installed. The i separator could never have been > properly cleaned, as it was almost talkative: and I know of another ; case of a farmer in the Thames who, when separating, runs the cream into a milk can, afterwards pouring , the cream into a cream can wiping out the cream with his hand ! The can is then put back as if is, ready for the next separation. It is a filthy habit to wipe out (lie cream (no doubt) with dirty hands, but to leave a cream utensil dirty, exposed to the weather, and the blowflies is out of all reason and decency. What is (he condition and state of cream obtained under the above conditions:-' It is practically rotten and unfit for home use, or the factory, and what effect would sue!) an article have on the output of a factory! , ' To even allow such conditions to exist would be inflicting , a grave injustice on the factory manager, the conscientious farmer and the dominion. To remedy the evil, the inspector should be more rigid, and to gam that object, the supervision should be under local control. The present system of inspection is not satisfactory, and is one that will tax the present Minister for Agriculture's abilities to the utmost to give satisfaction to all parties. For such a position we want a strong leader with an iron will; one who has the confidence of the people: one who can grasp the serious .si I - nation, and will have the courage to stem the tide to ruin. -I am. etc., THOMAS WALKER. Waikauae, September 11, V.)V>. ■■■■